Kyrgyzstan

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists have come under severe pressure in recent weeks, as local authorities clamp down on the right of RFE/RL reporters to work legally and safely.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has named Hamid Ismailov as the company’s new Regional Director for Central Asia, effective February 1.

Ulanbek Egizbaev, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Kyrgyz Service who died earlier this year, has been honored posthumously with the 2018 David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award, a prize…

RFE/RL’s Central Asia Newswire faced broad skepticism when it was launched in August 2015, as several countries in the region rank among the most restrictive media environments in the world.

Two RFE/RL video documentaries have won Silver Awards at the 2017 New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards ceremony in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 25.

Thanks to all your votes, our video about Nurgazy — and his arduous journey to school — won a Webby award.

During a three-day trip to Kyrgyzstan, RFE President Jeffrey Gedmin met President Roza Otunbaeva, parliamentary candidates, journalists, and students to discuss media freedom and the recent ethnic violence in the…

After nearly two years off the national airwaves, RFE/RL’s popular radio and television programs in Kyrgyzstan are once again widely available to listeners and viewers across the country.

Radio Free Europe’s popular Kyrgyz television and radio programs have been off the air in the capital city of Bishkek since Wednesday, shortly after affiliate managers reported that they had…

Is Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev’s eviction of U.S. troops from the strategic Manas air base an attempt to win the votes of conservatives and nationalists in upcoming elections?